Jon Beyer v. Bank of America, Na

695 F. App'x 238

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 14, 2017
• Docket: 15-35586
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jon Charles Beyer and Shelley Beyer appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing their diversity action arising from foreclosure proceedings and denying them leave to amend. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Chen v. Allstate Ins. Co., 819 F.3d 1136, 1141 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed as moot the Beyers’ claims arising from ap-pellees’ non-judicial foreclosure, • because, as appellees concede, no foreclosure proceedings are currently pending against the Beyers’ home. See Or. Rev. Stat. § 86.782(2)(a) (nonjudicial foreclosure sale may be postponed for not more than 180 days); Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U.S. 43, 67, 117 S.Ct. 1055, 137 L.Ed.2d 170 (1997) (to qualify as a case fit for federal court adjudication, an actual controversy must be extant at all stages of review).

Contrary to the Beyers’ contention, the Beyers do not state a claim for damages in connection with the September 24, 2010 notice of default. See Georgetown Realty, Inc. v. Home Ins. Co., 313 Or. 97, 831 P.2d 7, 12 (1992) (en banc) (“If the plaintiffs claim is based solely on a breach of a provision in the contract, which itself spells out the party’s obligation, then the remedy normally will be only in contract....”); MacLean & Assoc., Inc. v. Am. Guar. Life Ins. Co., 85 Or.App. 284, 736 P.2d 586, 592 (1987) (“In order to recover damages for breach of contract, the party seeking to recover must prove that it has substantially performed its own obligations under the contract.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the Beyers leave to amend their first amended complaint because amendment would be futile. See Cervantes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 656 F.3d 1034, 1041 (9th Cir. 2011) (setting forth standard of review); Uptown Heights Assoc. Ltd. P’ship v. Seafirst Corp., 320 Or. 638, 891 P.2d 639, 647 (1995) (en banc) (elements of tortious interference with economic relations); Webb v. Clark, 274 Or. 387, 546 P.2d 1078, 1080 (1976) (en banc) (elements of actionable fraud); Slover v. Or. State Bd. of Clinical Soc. Workers, 144 Or.App. 565, 927 P.2d 1098, 1101 (1996) (elements of breach of contract).

We do not consider claims raised for the first time on appeal. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999).

AFFIRMED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.